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Friday, October 4,1996 Gameco BRYAN JOHNSTON Asst. Sports Editor After two consecutive defeats, the Gamecocks could use a bye-week to re : j?* 1 l,An uigaiuz.e aiiu get uacn. ui uic giuuvc. mi extra week would be the perfect tonic for the struggling Gamecocks. Unfortunately, Carolina has to play the 20th-ranked Auburn Tigers Saturday. And to make matters more difficult, USC has to play, not at cozy Williams-Brice Stadium, but at 85,214-seat Jordan-Hare Stadium. With this being such a young team and the Gamecock's first road game, head coach Brad Scott didn't seem that worried. "We've got enough players thht have traveled before, and most have been on the trips before," Scott said. "I checked with most of their mamas and they've all spent the night away from home before, so we've done that." The Tigers were idle last week and should be rested. Before the week off, they lost to LSU, 19-15. Their only loss this season dropped Auburn to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC. As for Carolina, they are looking to get back on the winning track after dropping consecutive games to East Carolina and Mississippi State. The Carolina defense has stepped up their performance and must continue to do so this weekend. Their main task will be to contain Tiger quarterback Dameyune Craig. The first-year starter has completed 61.6 percent of his passes and thrown for 760 yards and five touchdowns. He Urto nlaA QQ r? noir iicuj aiasj i uoncu iui UKJ jaiuo emit a ^/un of scores. The Auburn offensive line averages 64 and 293 pounds, so Carolina defensive linemen Henry Taylor, Selvesta Miller, Michael Maddox and Maynard Caldwell Volleyball te; DWAYNE MCLEMORE Asst. Sports Editor Conference play continues this wee Carolina volleyball team as it hosts Auburn in the Volleyball Competition Facility. The Lady Gamecocks, 11-3 and 2-0 i are seeking revenge after losing to both 1 road last year. The team's first match is tonight s Auburn. The Lady Tigers are 10-4 (1-0) oi and lead the series against Carolina 6-: also ranked number two in the District F one ahead of the Lady Gamecocks. Carolina Coach Kim Hudson is lookir Game use Achim Hunt Sports Editor 18-8 Bryan Johnston I A.S.E. 16-10 Dwavne McLemorel A.S.E. 16-10 Josh Penrod StafTWriteKM^JHS Rich Englert Guest Picker 17-9 College Students $2,750 Within Weeks Work Only 2 to 4 Weeks. No more Work, But Receive Continuous Earnings For Years & Years 1-800-518-7294 Happa i Manj Oaiho/mc 6e-< Je-SSic-a f3^?-h Martf Hvnf Jom'ifor tt\rtch'm$ov\ ^-ryiivia Mao\\ Molli Mc-ador fCn'^fima M\$w\c>llo Kath^i Mnt-he-ff __ ^ cks lool will have their work cut out for them. They must get pressure on Craig, and plug up the running lanes. "Offensively, they are a team that is physical and real big up front. They are going to try to run the football at you. We will have to be able to stop their run," Scott said. The iob of stopping the run will lie heavily upon the linebackers. The linebacking trio of Darren Hambrick, Benji Young and Shane Bumham will need to key on AUs Fred Beasley. The 6-0, 216-pound tailback has rushed for 290 yards on 54 attempts, and is the seventh ranked rusher in the SEC. The Tigers also have a potent receiving trio in Karsten Bailey, Tyrone Goodson and Robert Baker. The three have combined for 46 receptions, 680 yards and five TDs on the season. Carolina's pass-efficiency defense rates fourth in the SEC and 18th nationally. Their scoring defense of 16.25 x x itfiL * xL- OT?n points per game raies mm m uie orA^. USC's offense must find a way to capitalize on their opportunities. Six tripe inside the MSU 35-yard line resulted in only three Carolina points. Of those drives, two of them ended with missed field goals, and one ended with a fumble. Anthony Wright has been solid in his first four starts at USC. He has thrown for 938 yards and three touchdowns and completed 55.7 percent of his passes. Against the Bulldogs, he threw for a career-high 351 yards. Running back Duce Staley has rushed for 100 yards or more in all four games thus far. Staley enters this weekend's game ranked ninth nationally in rushing, with 142.5 yards per game. He is also the second leading rusher in the SEC , averaging 5.5 yards per cany. am takes on the match against the La "Auburn has beaten kend for the played them," Hudson sa and Alabama match is very important.1 Auburn is led by senic n SEC play, 207 kills, 154 digs and n .earns on me Bitzer is in her fifth year with a 68-66 overall recoi it 7 against Alabama comes to t< ti the season, Crimson Tide, who lead ti 2. Auburn is 3, are 3-15 (0-2) in 1996. 'our poll, just Judy Green is in her Alabama, who plays Flo lg forward to the trip to Columbia. The cock Sp 7Auburn Penn St./Ohio St osiT gj OSlT osu RS9 osu New & Used Majo Guitars - Amos - D Equipmen (And Other Musical li ALL at Discount *BUY * SELL * 1 Uphi Th?S Xan-f ^-ovrhoe-M Manefeathering Sain? Ann Sa+fowSfd Angela ScsoH Kooin Slawan Je-^ic-a Thoina^ Sfe>phmc> Van V ^ Hovca \, SPO K23? k to upsi Currently, the Gamecock offense is averaging 391.2 yards per contest (5th : in the SEC). That translates to 238.2 yards passing (4th in the SEC) and 153 yards rushing, which is 5th in the SEC. Putting those kind of numbers on the board Saturday will be difficult against a tough Auburn defense. They are one of the best in the SEC, according to Scott. The Tiger defense is allowing just 102.3 yards rushing per game and gives up an average of just 11.75 points per game, which is first in the league and 13th nationally. Auburn's defense is led by linebacker Takeo Spikes. The 6-2, 228 pound sophomore averaged almost 10 tackles per game as a starter last year. He made 14 tackles in his first-ever start. Spikes is currently second on the team in tackles and is already a Butkus Award candidate. "Takeo came in as a highly recruited, highly touted freshman, and he has proven to be that good," Auburn head coach Terry Bowden said. "He is doing a real good job for us." Outside linebacker Marcellus Mostella and sophomore Martavius Houston are also key players on the defensive side. Houston was named co-freshman Defensive Player of the Year last season by the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Look for USC to cut back the offense a bit. Due to wrong formations and missed assignment's, Scott feels that maybe he was tiying to do too much, too fast. "I take a little bit of the responsibility for our lack of effectiveness and execution. We're going to go back to maybe streamlining a little bit and see if we can play a little bit better," he said. There will be a change in the Carolina special teams. Senior Reed Morton will be used in the kicking rotation this week. SEC rivals th dy Tigers. Camille Cuti< no tho loot twn timos wo'uc "AlnVinmn lid. "For me, personally, the are a team tl The Lady >r Allyson Beecroft, who has this past wee ine aces on the season. Liz Mississippi a as coach of the Lady Tigers, Junior H( rd. Lady Bulldc Dwn Sunday at 2 p.m. The Sophomore I he series against Carolina 6- 71 assists in Sophomoi first year as head coach of each had 151 rida tonight before making Eight ofRoba Tide are led by three seniors: added 25 dig lorts Cha Nebraska/K-St . UVA/G1 Tgjm U "135511C BH T i ifgiiigg 14437 Devine Street Columbia, S.C. r Brands 1 4 rums - PA JL4 nstruments) jpJO : Prices FRADE \ \ a >r >r : % D el * RTS et Aubui It is expected that he will handle the shorter field goals. Freshman Courtney Leavitt will kick the longer field goals and will continue to do the punting and kick-off duties. If the Gamecocks have one advantage heading into Saturday's game, it's the fact that they have a one-game winning streak against the Tigers. Granted, that win came in 1933 when USC beat AU 16-14, but a winning streak is a winning streak. This will be the first trip ever to Auburn to play football. The Tigers lead the series 2-1-1. The two schools played consecutively from 1930-33, playing in Columbus, Ga (1930), Montgomery, Ala. (1931) and Birmingham (1932-33). This year's game will be televised by CBS-TV as part of the Southeastern Conference game of the week. Air time is 3:30 p.m (eastern time) and kick-off is set for 3:37. The fact that these two teams haven't played in over half a century doesn't make it any harder to scout USC, according to Bowden. He said that since the two teams play common opponents, and the fact that the coaches know each other makes it a little easier. The bottom line is that this will be a tough game for USC. If the team that beat Georgia shows up, the Gamecocks could make things interesting. But if the team that came to play ECU and MSU makes the trip to Auburn, things might get out of hand. "I think that it will be a stern test for our team, but yet I think that our young men will compete. I think we'll get us a game plan together that will i a -1 n i i give us a cnance 10 De successrui ana then we're going to go down there and play our hearts out and see what happens." is weekend jrrez, Holly Richards and Sheri Thomas, has a new coach," Hudson said, "but they lat is always ready to play." Gamecocks are coming off two victories kend in their first SEC matches against nd Mississippi State, sather Larkin led the charge against the )gs, recording a career-high 22 kills. Ashley Edlund also added a career high the 3-1 victory. *e Cindy Robarge and freshman Fe Laires tills in the 3-1 win over the Lady Rebel?, ige's kills came in game four alone. Laires s, and Edlund recorded 50 assists. llenge Western Carolina/Furman \/\ ? VA^^S vAgBM Ul L U N Monday thru Friday \\\ij ?^J| ^jyf ^ffPg f >f I X* Jg| ??&?* A rA B 1*1 \ rn on thi ^ '- w, 4 *r* * r IJ J^^L Jsa^m *? , ^ f ;? ._ ?< ? ? jJillllP Quarterback Anthony Wright leads Into Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium ranked Tigers. The redshlrt sophon three touchdowns, Including 351 y< week, In his first four games as th? Staley puts t< over individi DAVID CLONINGER Staff Writer Before the 1996 football season began, senior tailback Duce Staley was expected to be one of the Gamecock's top offensive threats. The Columbia native has accomplished this, and then some, this season. After iust four eames. Stalev has already amassed 570 yards this season and is second in the SEC in rushing yards. Staley also is leading the SEC in all-purpose yardage this year. One of Staley^ individual goals for this season was to rush for over 1,000 yards. For his first four games he has rushed for at least 100 yards in each game, but he is still hesitant to say that he knows he will reach his main goal this year. Some Gamecock fans have mentioned Stale/s name in the same breathe as the phrase Heisman Trophy Candidate. But Staley is quick to shrug off those compliments when he says, "most anyone can be a Heisman candidate with a good game or two." Although many of his fans think he should win this great honor, Duce just wants for his team to succeed. Staley also feels that this year's team .HMj C H B U $3?5 flpn I _ d rnarl U I UUM %r vJNfc. -w ~>m v \'S ... RcWt Watt on The Gamecock i the South Carolina Gamecocks for their game against the 20thw>re has thrown for 938 yards and irds against Mississippi State last ? USC tjuarterback. ^am success lal honors is a lot better than the record indicates. Staley also feels that the "offensive unit could have been better," and that the team could and should have won the East Carolina and Mississippi State games. Duce does not blame anybody for the losses, but said, "there was definitely room for improvement" The upcoming contest with the 20thranked Auburn Tigers has Staley and the rest of the team primed for a hardfought game, but Staley seems pretty calm and collected about the game this weekend. "I know it will be a tough game, but we are looking for a good performance," uuce said. . There is no doubt in anyone's mind that Staley will have another landmark game, and possibly pull off an upset that would launch the 'Cocks into the polls. The squad theme for this year, "Not Satisfied,' is especially true for Duce, who hopes that the Gamecocks will go to a bowl game this year. Whether or not the Gamecocks achieve that bowl victory is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain. A hard-working player like Duce deserves to end his career on a high note - a victoiy. A ' HIE F F E T Pasta, pizza, soup and salad